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Mentoring Program Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film Blooms in Gotham
11 May 2013 3:00 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
When it comes to nurturing the next generation of New York filmmakers, Marcie Bloom believes in the personal touch.
The former co-president of Sony Pictures Classics launched her own mentoring program, the Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film, in 2007. It admits just four aspiring filmmakers a year, who meet once a month in her Upper West Side apartment.
The chosen few, typically college seniors or grad students, mingle and bond with guest speakers from the cream of Gotham’s indie community, in an atmosphere that’s as much social as professional.
“It’s a networking service,” Bloom explains. “We bring our fellows into contact with people that they wouldn’t otherwise get the chance to meet, and certainly not in such a casual and intimate way.”
Bloom hosts the salons at her home for a simple reason — she’s been wheelchair-bound since a brain hemorrhage in 1996 left her partially paralyzed. The »
- Adam Dawtrey
Mental Movie Review
27 March 2013 8:30 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
Title: Mental Director: Pj Hogan Starring: Toni Collette, Anthony Lapaglia, Liev Schreiber, Lily Sullivan, Rebecca Gibney, Sam Clark “Muriel’s Wedding” director Pj Hogan and star Toni Collette reunite to considerably less winning effect with “Mental,” a mad, garrulous little slice of alt-nanny comedy. As imaginative as it is indefatigable, the film nonetheless puts an overall unconvincingly quirky Australian spin on fractured-family mental health movies like Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” Dustin Lance Black’s “Virginia” and Ryan Murphy’s 2006 adaptation of Augusten Burroughs’ “Running with Scissors.” All three of those tales, among many others, take inspiration from memoirs of coming-of-age amidst mental illness, and touch on parentalized [ Read More ]
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- bsimon
Gordon-Levitt Grabs 'Sin City 2' Lead, Pitt Circles 'Pontius Pilate' and Who Will Star in 'Godzilla'?
8 January 2013 8:30 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
1.) Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the latest name to join Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. His character, a cocky gambler named Johnny, is considered one of the film's leads and was originally offered to Johnny Depp. "I love how the first move uses VFX, not to make fake things look real, but to create a heightened world unburdened by the look and feel of reality," Gordon-Levitt said of the project. "Plus, nobody makes a badass like Mr. Rodriguez." Deadline also expects a few "tough guy actors" to be added shortly, with Josh Brolin considered one good possibility. As for Gordon-Levitt, the deal takes him out of the running for a few other roles he has been mulling over. One of those was the lead in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which now has Jim Sturgess, Zachary Levi and John Krasinski among those left in contention. 2.) Speaking of Gordon-Levitt, he passed »
- Kevin Blumeyer
Ben Mendelsohn In Talks To Join Jake Gyllenhaal For Mississippi Grind
8 January 2013 8:26 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Aussie actor Ben Mendelsohn is a "that guy" on the rise. You might not know his name, but the Animal Kingdom star has been steadily making his way into American titles like Killing Them Softly, The Dark Knight Rises and Derek Cianfrance's eagerly awaited follow-up to Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines. Now the eye-catching supporting player is on the verge of becoming a Stateside leading man in the indie drama Mississippi Grind. Written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the film will center on a down and out forty-something gambler, who teams up with a younger gambling addict on a road trip through the Southern U.S. in hopes of bettering their luck. Jake Gyllenhaal will produce and is in talks to star as the younger lead, and Variety reports Mendelsohn is currently in negotiations for the other lead. There's no doubt the project seems »
Ben Mendelsohn Joins Gyllenhaal For ‘Mississippi Grind’
8 January 2013 3:30 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
You may not recognise the name ‘Ben Mendelsohn’, but you’ll definitely recognise his face. He recently starred as the slimy businessman Daggett in The Dark Knight Rises, and he’s also popped up in the trailer for the Derek Cianfrance-directed The Place Beyond The Pines. Mendelsohn obviously knows how to pick his A-List co-stars (Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling) and he’s continuing on this streak by signing his name up for Mississippi Grind, opposite Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal.
The film – set to be directed by Half Nelson partners Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden – focuses on Gyllenhaal as a young, cocky gambler who befriends an older, debt-riddled gentleman, as they decide to travel across the South hoping to change their bad luck.
Gyllenhaal has proved he can tackle the lighter stuff (Love And Other Drugs), alongside his more serious roles in Donnie Darko, Brokeback Moutain and End Of Watch. »
- Jazmine Sky Bradley
Casting News: Mendelsohn, Slater, Laser
7 January 2013 9:05 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Grind
Ben Mendelsohn ("Animal Kingdom," "Killing Them Softly") is in talks to play a supporting role in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's indie drama "Mississippi Grind" at Electric City Entertainment.
The story follows a gambler in debt who sets off on a road trip through the Southern U.S. with a young gambling addict in an attempt to change his luck. Jake Gyllenhaal also stars. [Source: Variety]
Christian Slater, Justin Long, Martin Sheen, Robert Patrick and Kimberly Williams-Paisley have joined the cast of Allison Burnett's indie drama "Undiscovered Gyrl." The film is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
The story centers on a teen (Britt Robertson) who decides to defer college for a year in order to find herself. Driven by a longing to fill a void left by her alcoholic father (Patrick), she enters into relationships with a young film professor (Long), the father of a baby for »
- Garth Franklin
Ben Mendelsohn Joins 'Mississippi Grind' Alongside Jake Gyllenhaal
7 January 2013 3:34 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
American audiences might not be familiar with the name Ben Mendelsohn quite yet, but it shouldn't be long before that changes. The Australian actor has already turned in a number of solid supporting performances in movies as diverse as Animal Kingdom, Killing Them Softly, The Dark Knight Rises, and the upcoming The Place Beyond the Pines, but now it looks like he's headed for a bigger spotlight as Variety reports he'll play one of the lead roles opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in the new gambling film Mississippi Grind with Half-Nelson duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) writing and directing. Read on! Gyllenhaal is also producing the film, which follows a young gambling addict who teams with a washed up gambler fraught with debt as the two travel through the South to hopefully change their luck. Gyllenhaal plays the younger gambler, while Mendelsohn, who is eleven years older than Jake, »
- Ben Pearson
Ben Mendelsohn Joins Jake Gyllenhaal In Mississippi Grind?
7 January 2013 3:19 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The question mark is up there because Ben Mendelsohn is apparently still in some serious talks to join previously announced Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming Mississippi Grind movie. In case you’re not so familiar with the title, I will remind you that we’re actually talking about Gyllenhaal-produced indie project, which comes from writers/directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
So, if negotiations with Killing Them Softly star Mendelsohn work out, he will come on board to play a gambler in debt who sets off on a road trip through the Southern U.S. with a young gambling addict in an attempt to change his luck.
As we mentioned – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are responsible for the script and will also direct Mississippi Grind, while Jake Gyllenhaal (who will probably play that young addict) will produce the movie together with Lynette Howell, John Lesher and Jamie Patricof.
We »
- Jeanne Standal
Ben Mendelsohn Joining Boden/Fleck's 'Mississippi Grind' With Jake Gyllenhaal
7 January 2013 1:25 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
We always like it when actors we like join projects by directors we like, so this kind of news makes us happy. Over the summer, it was revealed that Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the filmmaking pair behind "Half Nelson" and "Sugar," had lined up their next project. "Mississippi Grind" will find them working with Jake Gyllenhaal, and now another actor who has been more than a familiar face over the past little while has joined as well. Ben Mendelsohn, who broke out in "Animal Kingdom" as the fearsome Pope Cody, and features in "The Dark Knight Rises," "Killing Them Softly" and the upcoming "The Place Beyond The Pines," has come on board the project. The story centers on a down-on-his-luck gambler (Mendelsohn) facing crushing debt, who teams up with Gyllenhaal's character, a gambling addict, in an attempt to change his luck. The two then set off on a road »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Ben Mendelsohn in talks for 'Mississippi Grind'
7 January 2013 8:03 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Ben Mendelsohn is currently in talks to star in "Mississippi Grind" joining Jake Gyllenhaal, who will also produce, reports Variety. The story tells of a gambler in debt who, joined by a young gambling addict, takes a roadtrip through Southern U.S. in order to try change is bad luck. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and Ryan Fleck ("It's Kind of a Funny Story") are set to write and direct while Lynette Howell, John Lesher and Jamie Patricof also produce with Gyllenhaal. Mendelsohn impressed most with his part in the powerful crime thriller "Animal Kingdom" with James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver and Joel Edgerton on board. He was last seen in Weinstein Co's poorly-received "Killing Them Softly" »
Ben Mendelsohn in talks for 'Mississippi Grind'
7 January 2013 8:03 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Ben Mendelsohn is currently in talks to star in "Mississippi Grind" joining Jake Gyllenhaal, who will also produce, reports Variety. The story tells of a gambler in debt who, joined by a young gambling addict, takes a roadtrip through Southern U.S. in order to try change is bad luck. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and Ryan Fleck ("It's Kind of a Funny Story") are set to write and direct while Lynette Howell, John Lesher and Jamie Patricof also produce with Gyllenhaal. Mendelsohn impressed most with his part in the powerful crime thriller "Animal Kingdom" with James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver and Joel Edgerton on board. He was last seen in Weinstein Co's poorly-received "Killing Them Softly" »
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